“Why You Hit Me…??”, Rishabh Pant and Liton Das Clash in IND vs BAN Test

The first day of the 2-match Test series being played between India and Bangladesh at the Chennai ground was inspiring, Ashwin and Jadeja gave a great performance with the bat, while Rishabh Pant, who was returning to Test cricket after a long gap, was also seen having an altercation with Bangladesh team’s wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das. When the first day’s play of the Chennai Test match ended, Team India had scored 339 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their first innings. Rishabh Pant, returning to Test after a long time, failed in showing wonders with the bat, but he played an innings of 39 runs at a crucial time when Team India had lost its 3 wickets at a score of 34.

This is why Pant and Liton Das argued the field

When the Indian team had lost its 3 wickets on a score of 34 in the first session of the first day of the Chennai Test match, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant together took the responsibility of handling the innings. Both of them increased the pace of runs and also gave respect to the good balls. Meanwhile, when the 16th over of the Indian team’s innings was going on, fast bowler Taskin Ahmed was bowling from Bangladesh. Yashasvi Jaiswal faced the third ball of this over of Taskin, who played a shot and Pant tried to take a run on it.

Yashasvi Jaiswal refused Rishabh Pant to take a run, while the Bangladesh fielder caught the ball and threw it to the non-strike end, on which Pant tried to reach back inside the crease quickly and during this time the ball hit his foot and went to the other side, giving Pant a chance to take a run. Liton Das looked very angry about this and started arguing with Pant. The conversation between the two is captured on the stump mic in which Rishabh Pant is seen saying to Liton Das, ” Throw it, brother, why are you hitting me? In this statement Pant, Das said that it hit the leg, it will hit…. To which Pant again replied Hit me, I will also run two.

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Pant lost his wicket by playing a bad shot after setting his feet.

When Rishabh Pant came to bat in this match, at that time Team India had lost three important wickets. From here, Pant along with Yashasvi Jaiswal tried to handle the innings by making a partnership of 62 runs for the fourth wicket. But as soon as the second session started, Pant lost his wicket while trying to play a cut shot on Hasan Mahmud’s ball going outside the off stump. Pant faced 52 balls during his innings of 39 runs, which also included 6 fours.